Tuesday, October 03, 2006

caption: All diseases have a genetic component, whether inherited or resulting from the body's response to environmental stresses like viruses or toxins. The successes of the Human Genome Project (HGP) have even enabled researchers to pinpoint errors in genes--the smallest units of heredity--that cause or contribute to disease.

The ultimate goal is to use this information to develop new ways to treat, cure, or even prevent the thousands of diseases that afflict humankind.

For more on the HGP and Medicine, see our Medicine and the New Genetics Website. This image originally appeared in the 2001 U.S. DOE Primer: Genomics and Its Impact on Medicine and Society.

This image gallery is a special feature of the U.S. Department of Energy's Human Genome Project Information and Genomics:GTL Web sites.

Generally speaking, works created by U.S. Government employees are not eligible for copyright protection in the United States. See Circular 1 "COPYRIGHT BASICS" from the U.S. Copyright Office.

Image Use and Credits Almost all of the images on U.S. Department of Energy pages are original graphics created by the U.S. Department of Energy Human Genome Program's Human Genome Management Information System (HGMIS). You will recognize these HGMIS images by their credit line (U.S. Department of Energy Human Genome Program or U.S. Department of Energy Genomics:GTL Program.) Permission to use these graphics is not needed, but please credit the U.S. Department of Energy Human Genome Program or U.S. Department of Energy Genomics:GTL Program, the website ornl.gov/hgmis .

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